Five Young American Poets

Five Young American Poets was a three volume series of poetry anthologies released from 1940 to 1944. The series was published by New Directions Publishers (Norfolk, Connecticut; James Laughlin, publisher).

Volume I - 1940 includes selected poetry by: Reviews.
 * W. R. Moses
 * Randall Jarrell
 * George Marion O'Donnell
 * John Berryman
 * Mary Barnard

Volume II - 1941 includes selected poetry by:
 * Clark Mills
 * Karl Shapiro
 * David Schubert
 * Jeanne McGahey
 * Paul Goodman

Volume III - 1944 includes selected poetry by:
 * Eve Merriam
 * John Frederick Nims
 * Jean Garrigue
 * Tennessee Williams
 * Alejandro Carrión